SUPER GRANDMASTERS TRY TO SOLVE OUR HARDEST PUZZLES!

[@gigaboygaming5537]

Alireza : this one is easy🗣️

[@ssep327]

Tactics are Alireza's kingdom. None of them are close , even magnus Most probabely the best tactician of all time

[@aaravrawat-yx2cl]

I found this comment funny for some reason 😂😂

[@heheboi569]

​@@ssep327not taking anything away from ali but definitely not the best of all time

[@gerrycrisandy2425]

in terms of tactics, Hikaru and MVL arguably better than Alireza. These two are well known at puzzle rushes. Positional play, on the other hand, Alireza likely very close to Magnus.

[@cjh-bk4pn]

@@gerrycrisandy2425 what makes you say he's close to Magnus in positional play? I've literally only ever heard Alireza referred to as a tactical player.

[@googlewhackthis]

2:45 Nepo's like "I'm not gonna bother actually telling you because it is obvious and not worth moving the pieces for ... it's a bunch of checks and then mate. Trust me bro." And yeah, we do.

[@ilanpi]

Since white can't afford to make a non checking move, this analysis is correct.

[@sabiryou]

To me, it actually looked like he didn't solve it:)

[@Azazelmorrow]

@@sabiryou yeah he didnt have to cause most gms/supergms have seen this stuff probably hundred/thousand times.

[@sabiryou]

@Azazelmorrow In this particular video, they are solving especially complicated puzzles, taking time, and making mistakes. Unlike the others, he didn't say the exact moves

[@jenaratefilms7519]

@@sabiryou he didnt have too, he definitely knew how to solve it lol.

[@KCI271]

Adding timers on how long it took them to solve it would be nice

[@libertas12]

Maybe they dont want this 😉

[@rexa9858]

I think they not looking the faster but " how the grand master solve this puzzle "

[@jaydead8825]

Yeah I also thought this would be interesting against the clock

[@АзатКараев-й9с]

IAN is demonstrating classy soviet style of solving puzzles. He tries to solve them in his head without touching the pieces. Our coaches used to punish us for touching the pieces😄

[@JasonKifner]

Did they send you to the chess gulag?

[@aviansnow]

@@JasonKifner lmao

[@freebookstore3242]

@JasonKifner enjoy your weak peanut brain, you can't even visualize 1 move,

[@arightscepter]

Wesley has a such good heart. He complimented two as beautiful.

[@Vivungisport]

Wesley thanking for showing this puzzles says a lot about his interest in develop at chess.

[@personwhoexists7689]

The difference between daily puzzles and this, is that daily puzzle players sac their queen on h2, and when it fails, they give the knight check on h3, then they sac their rook, and it works, and then they try a bunch of other moves for the 2nd move, use a hint, try a bunch of other moves, use a hint, try moves, use a hint, find mate in 1 with the knight and say it was easy and that it only took them 4 attempts (the amount of times they failed excluding hints and the fact that they have a checkmark telling them whether the line is right or not) Edit: Not to mention that the title practically gives the puzzle away half the time, if not the key idea.

[@GoattokiSakata]

Yeah brother u are right these people are just making fun of gms indirectly. Like using a hint or using hit and trial method isn't real in OTB chess

[@gunnersg2700]

Or, they try this method on all the Sunday puzzles, and on the days that they manage to solve it by sheer luck, they call it easy

[@MasterInHD]

Yeah, then you check their profile and they're 1300 Blitz 😂😂😂

[@NavidSensei]

I love the way wesley laughs when he finds the solution. shows how much he loves chess.

[@albedow7645]

Alireza is just on a whole another level

[@Azazelmorrow]

@@mntwinsfan1988 bro incorrects the correct response lol

[@fsi6097]

"this one is easy" yeah whatever alireza

[@Jeremy_992]

-No one has solved this puzzle before -A bunch of checks then mate -You got it

[@33mmm335]

5:45 i analysed the ka8 idea from nepo with stockfish and theres no mate so why dont they make the best move as black

[@daniellige5311]

What's the line after? That's what I was thinking too

[@Goddamnmuffins]

@@daniellige5311 Stockfish depth 27: Qg3+ Ka8 Qe3 b5 Rc1 it's like a pointless line. White becomes more solid... that's it. That's the whole line. Ian was totally right.

[@ThatCoconutGuy]

Not only that, even if black plays King c8 and white goes Qg4# Then black can play Kb8 and hang their own queen instead of getting mated

[@albedow7645]

Alireza: It works🗣️

[@bryantcullen1377]

Nepo is the chillest human-computer of all time.

[@specificuser2650]

I don't know if its the way the video is edited but, alireza and wesley are built different. Levon and MVL surprised me as well.

[@MrTthaha]

MVL is a puzzles master… unsurprising

[@unskeptable]

Very impressed with MVL. He did as good as the others

[@Davies.Njuguna]

not surprised by MVL he has done over 12k puzzles only on lichess with a rating of 2900, nothing special but if he is doing all that on lichess you assume he has done alot of them offline

[@sgcal-cm2vb]

wesley? are u stupid? the dude can never guess correct and is always getting hints.

[@surreptitiouswritings]

@@sgcal-cm2vb are you stupid? there is another video on youtube of Wesley doing insane puzzles blind. You should look that up because Wesley is amazing at that stuff

[@Zyrexia]

The first thing alireza says is "it's easy"

[@antonnovo695]

After an hour

[@KiaRo-x6q]

@@antonnovo695 Alireza responded immediately, but to keep the answer unclear for viewers, they showed it at the end

[@GalleryBones]

He solved it instantly you muppet

[@Ryan-jz5kr]

Add the GM names, it'll help new people getting into chess to know top GMs and people to look up to

[@Testi-1982]

I didn't know 2 of them and I would really have liked names in the video.

[@gunnersg2700]

0:00 counterclockwise from top left: Levon Aronian, Wesley So, Vincent Keymer, Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Denis Lazavik

[@aaronbarlow4376]

4:42 Ian "what?" Exactly! Why would black move Kc8 instead of Ka8? Someone help me out here.

[@dhananjaygupta7005]

This shows why alireza on good days is undoubtedly top 3 in fast time controls

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

Alireza is number 2 on most days in faster time controls, and at worst number 3

[@SeungNam]

6:13 - No wonder he's completely lost, you gave him a different puzzle to the one on screen🤣

[@Jay-j7e]

More of Wesley please like a lie detector test would be awesome.

[@spacejuice6941]

The problem is he got nothing no lie about lmao

[@STJukes]

"Do you believe in god"

[@Toopa88]

He be worshipping god during the lie detection test.

[@lp641]

Alireza IS the best tactician by far

[@EliezerRamirezsencion]

No te olvides de nepo también

[@upvotecomment2110]

Wesley So got the first one so fast That he has enough time to complement the puzzle and think of a way to make it a draw

[@davidkovacs5614]

Puzzle #3 is from the brilliant chess composer Gendrich Kasparyan. It‘s one of his most famous study! Tx for choosing this gem;)

[@draken8767]

Puzzle 3 was for aliens tbh, I went through many lines couldn't make it, Super GMs are built different

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

I sat there thinking, im gonna solve this. Im just 2100 lichess but I'll do it. I gave up after 2 mins, after having just checked out g4. I couldn't even get Ne8. The fact that Ne8 was the least impressive move in that.....wow. The fact that internet clowns troll these very GMs because they lose games is insane.

[@itspuzzlethief]

@@niranjanrajesh1058 funny i did a similar thing but i started Kf5 but same line didn't get first move

[@Urza26]

@@niranjanrajesh1058 It's the natural move though. Only way to get to g7 for a check without blocking the bishop. The other moves all trade squares or at least don't gain any. You would probably get at least the first few moves with another five minutes, or maybe all of it.

[@MichaelCarlton-l1f]

On the 3rd puzzle the person giving them the puzzle tells Alirezza “that was the perfect move order” then Levon does a different move order and the same guy says “that was the perfect move order.”

[@gunnersg2700]

Yes because chess is a 2-player game

[@MichaelCarlton-l1f]

@@gunnersg2700I get what you mean because h5 appears to be the perfect response to Kg6 and as for Levon Knight g7 check is the perfect response to Rook takes f4 however puzzles require the perfect response to be played from both sides in many instances the perfect response from black could require 7 more perfect white moves but a non perfect response from black might only require one perfect move from white so the commentary is certainly off there can not be two perfect move orders from both of them doing different things with black in a puzzle that also goes for puzzle #2 where they portray playing King c8 and getting mated as better than black playing King a8 resulting in Queen e3 and black surviving being down a bishop.

[@gunnersg2700]

@@MichaelCarlton-l1f Longer sequence does not make the sequence more "perfect". But you have an interesting idea, that a more tricky sequence is more "perfect". (By tricky, of course i mean your idea that Black should play moves that have a higher chance of provoking a blunder from White). But both Alireza's and Aronian's sequences look very tricky to me, although i admit i can't analyze the position. Anyway, maybe the players played the sequence that they found to be the most tricky; in other words, if eg. Aronian's sequence is what he thought was most tricky, then the Black moves that would make it easiest for Aronian to blunder are the moves of that sequence; therefore it objectively is the most tricky sequence for Aronian; and according to your idea, it then is the most "perfect" sequence for Aronian. Also, for the other puzzle, i don't think they said that the Kc8 sequence is the only perfect sequence. It is just the one that they chose to focus on. Maybe for the sake of time

[@maul_af]

No Hikaru, No Party

[@Randomthings1210]

Magnus even ditched them😂😂😂

[@Mintyfreshbtchs]

He doesn't like doing puzzles

[@dennisbadzi1993]

Wesly is a beast, she should be acknowledged

[@retropro1]

The fact that Magnus is considered the #1 with players like this is just mind blowing

[@kokoro212]

Second puzzle is misleading. Why would black play kc8? Qg3 check, Ka8, Qe3. GM Maxime was correct.

[@kiiturii]

I saw this exact line and thought, this can't be correct? and then they say king moves to c8 and I'm like why though?

[@NathanLipetz]

@@kiituriisame

[@kunxv15]

yeah I dont understand it at all

[@dunezoner7480]

Ka8 is "obviously" winning so the tough part is to calculate Kc8

[@learn_guitar247]

😁​@dunezoner7480

[@thomasr2472]

I know Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Wesley So, Vincent Keymer, Alireza Firouza and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, but who is the 7th?

[@qweirdie]

Den Lazavik

[@thomasr2472]

@@qweirdie Thank you! 😀

[@StanislavHronek]

I am like Nepo after you show the winning moves I understand but I have literally no idea what happens if opponent play something else

[@viniciuscaldas4143]

The most impressive is Ian for not touching the pieces and Alireza because he finds very quickly.

[@Kishor_Sapkota17]

Last one should ve been on blind fold it would surely tear some jeans there 😂

[@HassanSayeed1977]

I don’t want a Burger King and Royal Navy ad. I wanna see CHESS!

[@KaptnJolly]

hmmmm yummy Chess Burger

[@maaartinkovar]

What are ads?

[@HassanSayeed1977]

@@maaartinkovar advertisements?!

[@maaartinkovar]

@@HassanSayeed1977 It was a joke, because with ad blockers you don't see those

[@HassanSayeed1977]

@@maaartinkovar got that. I couldn’t tell if u were being sarcastic 100% so I just replied w/ that

[@afbdreds]

7:58 his instinct to get better out of chaos that everybody talks about

[@nimarezaeian]

In good form, Alireza is number one, his chess is insane, the others just stick to the solid rules of chess, this guy has pure talent and creativity... By the near future, he becomes unstoppable

[@snide1574]

levon Is called the artist for a reason,also mvl is a very tactical player

[@nimarezaeian]

@snide1574 @snide1574 levon has twice Alireza's age!!! The fact that Alireza is the most creative chess player doesn't mean the others don't know anything about creativity! Levon has been magician of chess for so many years, but he is also ready to pass the crown to the Rightful successor

[@snide1574]

@nimarezaeian yeah,i was just arguing the fact that the others are not creative,when some of them are....also Fabi is very aggressive even If it doesnt seem

[@thechessfish]

Puzzle 2: 1. Qg3! Ka8 (is "obviously" winning?) requires 2. Qe3! Qg6 3. Rd2! Rc8 4. Be7! Otherwise its a draw or black is winning. Probably obvious for these guys but me and my small brain are still befuddled by that position.

[@FT029]

yeah the Kc8 line is more beautiful but the Ka8 line is much trickier

[@rmlgaming2091]

Puzzle 3 symmetry was insane wow

[@Aidan-e5f]

Nepo seemed a little cranky in this video

[@Deathflayer2]

Second puzzle is way more interesting if king will go to A8 instead of C8

[@CypherBen_]

The third one is actually crazy

[@michaeldao1]

In puzzle #2 after white plays Qg3 check why can't black play king a8 or block the check with queen f4?

[@Fineflower]

I think ding and magnus are the best in puzzles and tactics compared to the others currently

[@alejandrogeanitoth7768]

The difference between alireza and the other ones ist ridiculous

[@woooo_yeah]

having title cards for the names of the GMs would be awesome for those who may not know them by their faces (me). keep up the good content though :)

[@afterneet4421]

Meanwhile magnus not even trying to solve this because he doesnt likes them😂... Wesley is so cute❤❤

[@jimizuka-bk7ct]

The last puzzle was just so beautiful

[@agonyboss0]

6:55 g4+ Kg6 Bf5# its mate?

[@nimarezaeian]

Alireza is a genius 🔥🔥🔥

[@NareinM]

6:08 I'm pretty sure they had this has this exact puzzle on a Sunday daily puzzle

[@gektor3687]

#2 why King go into checkmate ? I thought he would def go to a8 after Qg3chack

[@tt128556]

If there's a mate in one, I can usually solve the puzzle. If not, I'll just move every piece until I find the right one.

[@goreunlucky7978]

Firouja is a real Demon of chess

[@AAAAAAAAA11122]

Alireza level 👽

[@MirceaRenchez]

What day was this puzzle?

[@GoodOldFella970]

in Norway, a few days before Christmas last year..

[@zdoswiadczenia]

Alireza is different

[@r33th]

Ian "Ive seen this movie 100 times, it sucks" Nepomniatchi

[@gw_akhil6979]

Hikaru missing

[@kaidoChess]

Levon slowly becoming my favorite

[@Worker-dl9ne]

The line these players told in puzzle 2 is not forcing

[@MotivationXplorerz]

Legends know puzzle 3 from Sagar shah

[@ΓιάννηςΜαραγκάκης-μ8ω]

What happens in the second puzzle if black plays Ka8?

[@Mrfchy]

Never seen hans solving one of these puzzle live. Will be interesting.

[@SchadenfreudeUY]

Does Alireza own any other hoodie

[@MixoZ]

Nepo can chill on that ego honestly.

[@miladibrahim1068]

Doesn't show how long did it take for players to see

[@Idiomatick]

#2 was pretty easy when the king goes right. I gave up trying to figure out goes left but assumed it was right... eventually. And i'm only like 2400 in puzzles.

[@laubchess07]

More of this, please!

[@sevenstarofheaven]

Give wesley 10 min, he will give you 20 lines easily 🗣

[@barnowl2832]

Second puzzle isnt clear after ka8 like Nepo mentions, weird puzzle to give with the 'and win' clause

[@Milo1267]

Love the daily puzzle comments lol

[@dennismerill9406]

alireza puzzle god

[@RendahBumi]

In the second puzzle, what if Ka8

[@romanbalmakov8684]

I like it when they say check

[@sashakir3090]

Ali is the best, Magnus is right

[@thesurrealist7]

Thw difference between Alireza and some other super GMs in the way they approach chess is so evident in this short video. You can see several people almost trying to remember patterns instead of imagining them, while Alireza does the opposite. This is also why Fischer ended up creating the Fischer random to counteract the predominance of theory in chess.

[@Frog-2001]

Your comment doesn't make sense. Alireza holds multiple puzzle records, he's a puzzle expert. He definitely holds more chess positions in his head than the other super gms in the video simply because of playing more puzzles. He's definitely more analytical than imaginative.

[@thesurrealist7]

@Frog-2001 Firstly your argument is based on itself. You infer Alireza is a puzzle record holder so any puzzle he wins in the future is because he remembers puzzles done successfully in the past. That's not conclusive, maybe he holds those records because he's actually more imaginative and quick thinking than many super GMs, which is what my comment was about. Anyway I'm not comparing his analytical side to his imaginative side, I think they're both strong and actually rely on each other. All chess players hold a lot of theory in their head, you can't be a super GM without that. But I'm highlighting Alireza's intuition and out of the box thinking ability here, imagination and analysis both derive from memory but talent is when you're so good that you combine imagination, analysis and memory into second nature.. something people call intuition. And I think Alireza has that much more than many super GMs.

[@MrCasideous]

Wesley So is so good. MN super gm will always be one of my faves!

[@joaocezar2086]

Guys, please help me with something: on the 3rd puzzle, why not just play pawn to g4, then bishop to f5? Wouldnt it be a much simpler and faster check-mate?

[@Ploeppsel]

King takes h pawn

[@StratKat1998]

Firouzja, quit Gucci and go become a World Champion

[@youssefzoro5087]

Puzzle 3: I think there is a better solution which is to play the pon to g4 check the only move is king to g6 then check mate with bishop to f5. Someone answer me is it check mate or settlement?

[@Ploeppsel]

King can take the h pawn now. Doesn't have to go to g6

[@albedow7645]

Alireza easily the best player in that room

[@kiiturii]

I hate when puzzles have an opponent move that is not correct and specifically leads to the mate

[@NathanLipetz]

Ya the 2nd one is dumb like that

[@noahbrackenbury]

Am I the only one who clicked on this hoping for GMs to be pranked with literally impossible puzzles? lol that one next!

[@DAVIDXERXES007]

7:36 Alireza Sharpshooter!!

[@markattila9835]

Play and win doesn't mean there is forced mate! This confused me a lot with puzzles.For example 2nd puzzle, there's no forced mate.

[@vijaybhogal456]

Take, take, take, take ,take, check, check, check, take aaaaaand check!

[@Doc92IDH]

Yeah, puzzle 2's weird. I think Ian's right, after Ka8 it just seems like there's... Nothing? There's no good reason to ever play Kc8?

[@pritamupadhya3517]

That Chess Board and pieces look EXQUISITE god damn

[@Chilli_Tea]

I am 1543 elo and I just got checkmated by Martin bot.

[@Kellogzh]

Where’s Magnus? He was in the same interviews with food tasting

[@KaLKaLou]

Alireza is on a different level ❤

[@mbrayearth3557]

Wesley So and Fabi or Alireza lie detector test pls

[@FT029]

I only got the 3rd one after about two minutes, very beautiful puzzle. 2nd one seems to be the hardest one as the moves after Ka8 or Kc8 are counterintuitive.

[@ceegers]

Based on the title, I thought maybe you were going to give them puzzles that were literally impossible... because that could be a funny prank

[@GonnaBeALeaf]

whats the bgm anyone?

[@andreasraaberg7046]

Why in the world would the black king move to c8 instead of a8? there is no follow up for white if black king moves to a8 in the second puzzle

[@ILoveAOC]

King C8 is not the best move.

[@cblips1]

I'm only a 1400 and I saw rook takes g6 immediately lol

[@user-qsdf9br3e]

SDGM's are soo good